Domestic Violence Awareness Event
October 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
According to a study from the National Institute of Justice, more than 4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women had experienced violence in their lifetime, and 1 in 3 had experienced violence within the past year.
Stop for a moment.
Read those numbers again, think of the women in your life, and put faces on those numbers.
The StrongHearts Native Helpline program states the following:
“Before European contact, abuse and domestic violence were rare in tribal communities. … However, for generations, American Indians and Alaska Natives have struggled against and from inadequate resources, marginalization, termination and assimilation, and a lack of acknowledgment of the role that history has played in our continued hurt. Many Native and non-Native domestic violence experts agree that the prevalence of violence in Indian Country is a modern effect of the historical trauma that our people continue to experience.”
Find support and community next Friday night at the candlelight vigil and dinner honoring survivors of domestic abuse and remembering those we have lost.
See the flyer for more details.